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1476 1509-1526 1526, Aug 4
a Basque explorer who completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth. After Ferdinand Magellan 's death in the Philippines, Elcano took command of the nau Victoria from the Moluccas to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain.
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Juan Sebastian Elcano 1476 1509
1526 1526, Aug 4
Francisco de Almeida 1450 ca 1490 1510 1510, Mar 1 a Portuguese nobleman, soldier and explorer. He distinguished himself as a counsellor to King Joh... Pero de Alenquer 1480 ca 1500 15109 1514 ca
a 15th-century Portuguese explorer of the African coast. Pêro was born in Alenquer, and accompan... Afonso de Albuquerque 1453 ca 1471 1515 1515, Dec 16 a Portuguese general, a "great conqueror," a statesman, and an empire builder. He is generally co... Juan Diaz de Solis 1470 1500 1516 1516 In 1500 and 1508, Diaz de Solis joined Vincente Pinzón on two voyages exploring along the coast ... Antony Welser unknown 1500 1518 1518 One of the first Europeans to use the sea route to India discovered by Vasco de Gama. Diego Velasquez de Cuellar 1465 1490 1519 1524, Jun 12 a Spanish conquistador. He first visited the New World with the crew of Christopher Columbus' sec... Antonio de Abreu 1480 ca 1500 1519 1514 ca a 16th-century Portuguese navigator and naval officer. He participated under the command of Afons... Vasco Nunez de Balboa 1475 ca 1500 1519 1519, Jan 12/21 a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus o... Binot Paulmier de Gonneville unknown 1500 1519 unknown French navigator of the early 16th century, was widely believed in 17th and 18th century France t... Duarte Fernandes unknown 1500 1519 unknown a Portuguese diplomat and the first European to establish diplomatic relations with Thailand, whe... Fernao de Loronha 1470 ca 1500 1519 1540 ca a prominent 16th-century Portuguese merchant of Lisbon He was the first charter-holder (1502–15... Francisco del Puerto unknown 1510 1519 unknown a cabin boy of the expedition of Juan Díaz de Solís to the Río de la Plata. His last name seem... Ferdinand Magellan 1480 1495 1521 1521 a Portuguese explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522, ... Duarte Barbosa 1480 ca 1500 1521 1521, May 1 a Portuguese writer and Portuguese India officer between 1500 and 1516–1517, with the post of s... Jorge Alvares unknown 1510 1521 1521, Jul 8 credited as the first European explorer to have reached China and Hong Kong by sea. Álvares made... Francisco Serrao unknown 1511 1521 1521 a Portuguese explorer and a cousin of Ferdinand Magellan. His 1512 voyage was the first known Eur... Vasco da Gama 1460s 1480 1524 1524, Dec 24 a Portuguese explorer. He was the first European to reach India by sea, linking Europe and Asia f... Goncalo Alvares unknown 1490 1524 1524 a Portuguese explorer who actively participated in the age of discovery starting from the second ... Gomes de Sequeira unknown 1525 1525 unknown a Portuguese explorer in the early 16th century. It has been suggested by some historians that Go... Garcia Jofre de Loaisa 1490 1525 1526 1526, Jul 20 Commanded a 16th-century voyage of discovery to the Pacific Ocean and ordered by King Charles I ... Giovanni da Verrazzano 1485 1508 1528 1528 an Italian explorer of North America, in the service of King Francis I of France. He is renowned ... Cristovao Jacques 1480 ca 1500 1529 1530+ a Portuguese noble of Aragonese descent. In 1516, in command of two caravels, he was in charge of... Panfilo de Narvaez 1470 1510 1529 1528 Explorer Alonso de Salazar unknown 1520 1529 1526, Sep 5 the Spaniard, born in Las Encartaciones who discovered the Marshall Islands on August 21, 1526. D... Gonzalo Guerrero unknown 1510 1530 1530 ca a sailor from Palos, in Spain who shipwrecked along the Yucatán Peninsula and was taken as a sl... Diego de Almagro 1475 ca 1510 1538 1538, Jul 8 a Spanish conquistador and a companion and later rival of Francisco Pizarro. He participated in t... Hernan Ponce de Leon unknown 1510 1539 unknown a Spanish conquistador who participated in the discovery of Panama, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua in ... Francisco Alvares 1465 1515 1539 1536~1541 a Portuguese missionary and explorer. In 1515 he traveled to Ethiopia as part of the Portuguese e... Pedro de Alvarado 1485 ca 1510 1541 1541, Jul 4 a Spanish conquistador and governor of Guatemala. He participated in the conquest of Cuba, in Jua... Ruy López de Villalobos 1500 ca 1520 1544 1544, Apr 4 a Spanish explorer who sailed the Pacific from Mexico to establish a permanent foothold for Spain... Hernan Cortes 1485 1504 1547 1547, Dec 2 a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought... Francisco Xerez 1495 1514 1549 1565 ca a Spanish explorer-turned-historian, the personal secretary of conquistador Francisco Pizarro. He... Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca 1490 ca 1520 1549 1557 ca a Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition. D... Sebastian de Belalcazar 1479/80/95 1507 1551 1551 a Spanish conquistador. He entered Nicaragua with Francisco Hernández de Córdoba in 1524 during... Fernao Pires de Andrade unknown 1510 1552 1552 a Portuguese merchant, pharmacist, and official diplomat under the explorer and Portuguese Malacc... Piri Reis 1467 ca 1481 1553 1553 an Ottoman admiral, geographer, and cartographer. Piri began engaging in government-supported pri... Pedro de Valdivia 1497, Apr 17 1520 1553 1553, Dec 25 a Spanish conquistador and the first royal governor of Chile. After serving with the Spanish army... Pedro Mascarenhas 1470 1512 1555 1555, Jun 16 a Portuguese explorer and colonial administrator. He was the first European to discover the islan... Sebastian Cabot 1474 ca 1494 1557 1557, Dec an Italian explorer, likely born in the Venetian Republic. He was the son of Italian explorer Joh... Diogo Rodrigues 1495 ca 1507 1577 1577, Apr 21 a Portuguese explorer of the Indian Ocean who sailed as an ordinary helmsman under the command of... Pero Escobar unknown 1470 159 unknown a 15th-century Portuguese navigator who discovered São Tomé, Annobon, and Príncipe islands, to... Gaspar de Lemos unknown 1500 162 unknown a Portuguese explorer and captain of the supply ship of Pedro Álvares Cabral's fleet that discov... Andres de Urdaneta 1498, Nov 30 1520 165 1568, Jun 3 a Basque circumnavigator, explorer and Augustinian friar. As a navigator he achieved the "second"...
